The emperor's actions made Cui Chen secretly happy, and he stood there quietly, not saying anything.

-- He is just laying a foreshadowing for Chang Zhi and preparing for the hearts of those present, and it is not beautiful to talk too much.

When the people below saw the emperor's cold eyes and angry looks, they held their breath and were cautious.

After a long time, Zhou Yanzhao raised his head indifferently, glanced down coldly, and then picked up the fold and waved his hand at a waiter who was standing in front of him. When the chamberlain saw it, he hurriedly took the fold, ran down quickly, and handed it to Fu Li, who was sitting in front of the courtiers.

Fu Li took the fold, tilted his head and squinted his eyes to open it for a while, and said lightly while closing it: "Lao Chen heard that there is a city of considerable scale not far from Dragon City, which is called Hubtai by the Huns. According to the report of the dragon city, the city is imitated by the dragon city, the city is high and thick, easy to defend and difficult to attack. As he spoke, he handed the fold to Takasaki beside him.

Longcheng is the northern fortress of Daqi to defend the Xiongnu, built on the mountain, tall and magnificent, resisting the invasion of the Xiongnu many times.

As soon as Fu Li's words fell, everyone's expressions changed greatly! The Xiongnu are a horse nation, and they disturb the north of Daqi every year, but they never expected that the Xiongnu would learn to build a city, and it is not far from Longcheng, what does this portend? -- Could it be that the Xiongnu intended to confront the Great Qi for a long time, instead of 'fighting the grass valley'?

The wise man frowned and looked worried; And the stupid one looked at Wei Qiao, his face full of indignation, if it weren't for the emperor's angry eyes, these people would be impeached angrily.

Gao Qi glanced at it and handed it to Chang Song beside him, glanced at Cui Chen and Wei Qiao, nodded and said silently: "The Xiongnu have been facing each other for a hundred years, and although it is unexpected to be able to build a city, it is also reasonable, it is not necessarily that my Daqi people help him build, but the materials should come from my Daqi." ”

"Your Majesty," as soon as Gao Qi's voice fell, Yan Yi, the squire of the military department, strode forward, and said with anger on his face: "The minister impeached Cheng Weiqiao in the imperial history, the Wei family is so blatant in smuggling to help the Huns build a city, and I don't know how many foreign soldiers will be killed in the future!" The minister believes that Wei Qiao is to blame, and asks the emperor to punish him severely to set an example! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister seconded the proposal."

…… Soon, Ling Chong Lingtang and others also stood up and loudly seconded the proposal. Immediately, some other ministers who did not know what was going on also stood up, and accused Wei Qiao and Wei Jia quite indignantly, and for a while, Wei Qiao and Wei Jia were shouting and beating all over the court, and the condemnation was everywhere, and even some angry ministers rolled up their sleeves and wanted to give Wei Qiao a full fist.

Zhou Yanzhao glanced at the courtiers who were full of righteous indignation, looked at Wei Qiao with an indifferent expression, and said, "Wei Qiao, what do you have to say?" ”

"Your Majesty," Wei Qiao bowed and said awe-inspiringly: "The minister has never been involved in the Wei family's business, so it is not clear whether the Wei family smuggled building materials to the Xiongnu. However, as a minister of the dynasty, the minister can still distinguish between right and wrong. As long as the evidence is detailed, the minister is willing to ask for his life and take the lead in raiding the Wei family! ”

Cui Chen sneered, took out a stack of papers from his sleeve, raised it and bowed and said: "Your Majesty, these are the confessions of those smuggling shopkeepers, these people have identified Wei Kai, the shopkeeper of the Wei family, as their main envoy, and they have signed and drawn the charge, please take a look at it." ”

The waiter quickly walked down and took it, then turned around and handed it to Zhou Yanzhao.

Zhou Yanzhao opened them one by one, looked at them carefully, and then handed them to the waiter with an expressionless face, and the waiter immediately understood, bowed down and walked down to hand it to Fu Li.

Fu Li opened it and looked at it, and then asked the chamberlain to hand it to Shao Yi.

Shao Yi understood, bowed down and took it, looked at it carefully, and said respectfully to Zhou Yanzhao: "Back to the emperor, the confession is detailed, as long as it is verified, you can take someone." ”

When Cui Chen heard this, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the data listed in the confession has been checked by the minister, and it is indeed correct. ”

"That's good," Zhou Yanzhao put Cui Chen's excerpt with the confession, and said lightly: "Criminal Department, take people immediately!" ”

Chang Zhi was stunned, his eyelids moved, he didn't expect it to be so smooth at all, the confession in his sleeve hadn't been taken out yet? However, he was naturally more willing to take down the Wei family so easily, and hurriedly came out and hugged his fists and said: "Yes, but, the emperor, Li Xiluan is now in the Horse Mansion, minister, I hope Wei Zhongcheng can help one or two." ”

"Don't worry, Lord Chang" Wei Qiao didn't wait for the emperor to speak, he continued: "As long as the evidence is conclusive, I think Princess Qingning will not have any favoritism in terms of right and wrong. ”

Wei Qiao emphasized once again that the evidence is conclusive, and the subconscious meaning is that if there is no evidence, you don't worry about people.

Cui Chen didn't understand what Wei Qiao meant, so he immediately sneered and nodded quietly at Chang Zhi.

The foreshadowing is almost over, and it's time to shine the killer feature.

"Your Majesty," Chang Zhi clasped his fists to Zhou Yanzhao and said in a deep voice: "The minister also has this music." ”

"Oh?" Zhou Yanzhao seemed quite surprised, looked at Chang Zhi and said, "Say." ”

Chang Zhi took out a fold and a confession from his sleeve, bowed down and said, "A few days ago, the Criminal Department arrested Wei Kai, the shopkeeper of the Wei family, for some reason, and yesterday Wei Kai confessed, the Wei family's smuggling of iron weapons and armor to the Xiongnu was all at his instigation, and he was also instructed by Li Xiluan, the chief treasurer of the Wei family. ”

When everyone heard this, they changed color.

The previous confession of the Wei family can also abandon the pawn to protect the car, but this confession is directed at the mastermind, and there is no room for turn! If this confession is true, then the Wei family's crime of fornicating with the Xiongnu will be established, and once the crime is convicted, the Wei family will at least be distributed by the whole clan, and they will never be allowed to return to Jinling!

The chamberlain was also nervous this time, and trotted to take the things in Chang Zhi's hand to the emperor.

Zhou Yanzhao took it, first opened the fold, then opened the confession, and looked up at Chang Zhi with an extremely indifferent expression, and said with a murderous aura: "These are all true? ”

"Yes" Chang Zhi said solemnly: "These are all confessions that Wei Kai took the initiative to confess, and the confession was also written by Wei Kai himself." ”

Zhou Yanzhao frowned, looked down indifferently, his fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop, and his eyes showed a look of cold thought.

And many ministers below looked at Wei Qiao, inevitably with sympathy in their eyes.

'If you don't have a hair on your mouth, you can't do things firmly, and it looks like you're going to sink into the sand again......

'Young people should have been obscure when they first set foot in the court, but they didn't want to come out like this, hey......

'I think Fu Mingzheng was forced to go away at the beginning, this time this Wei Zhongcheng may not be as easy as Fu Mingzheng......

The more sneers on the corner of Yan Yi's mouth, looking at Wei Qiao, he couldn't help but snort coldly in his heart: "I want him to end up with anyone who looks down on Yan Yi!" ’

And Cui Chen Changzhi glanced at each other, sneering, with smugness in his eyes.

Niu Ichiro was next to Wei Qiao, his eyes glancing at Wei Qiao, with questions in his eyes.

Wei Qiao smiled lightly and shook his head gently, and quietly glanced at Emperor Wenzheng, who was still groaning on it.

After a long time, Zhou Yanzhao waved his hand lightly, and the waiter understood, immediately picked up the confession, walked down, and handed it directly to Wei Qiao.

Wei Qiao was stunned, then took it, opened it and looked at it. This is indeed Wei Kai's handwriting, but the tone doesn't seem like Wei Kai's, I think Chang Zhi taught it on the side. After Wei Qiao finished reading it, he looked up at Emperor Wenzheng above with some confusion.

Zhou Yanzhao looked indifferent, looked at Wei Qiao and said indifferently: "The above accuses you of providing cover for the Wei family's smuggling, do you have anything to say?" ”

Wei Qiao hugged his fists and bowed, and said: "The minister is still the same sentence, as long as there is evidence, whether it is the Wei family or Weichen, everything is at your disposal." ”

"Do you think that's not enough?" The hidden anger in Zhou Yanzhao's tone seemed to be about to erupt.

Wei Qiao calmly said: "Your Majesty, these two confessions seem to be true, but in fact, there is no actual evidence to prove that the Wei family is involved in smuggling; And accused the minister of covering up, and the minister thought that he didn't have that much ability. ”

"Hmph, the truth is that you can't be allowed to quibble!" Yan Yi snorted coldly and said: "The smuggling shopkeeper is your Wei family, and the smuggled utensils are purchased by the Wei family, this is an ironclad fact!" The minister implored the emperor to send the Wei family to prison, and the criminal department would thoroughly investigate the case! ”

"Emperor Qi" Chang Zhi also continued: "The facts are basically clear, the evidence is basically complete, and the minister thinks that the Wei family can be sent to prison for a thorough investigation." ”

Chang Zhi is the secretary of the criminal department, in charge of the prison, and he is an expert in the field of prison, and it is not easy for others to refute it at all.

Zhou Yanzhao frowned, and looked at Shao Yidao, "Dali Temple." ”

Dali Temple is a full-time institution for adjudicating cases, and the judgment is naturally the first to recommend Dali Temple.

Shao Yi stood up, glanced at Wei Qiao hesitantly, bowed down and said, "Back to the emperor, the evidence is enough, if the Wei family has no evidence to prove their innocence, they can go to prison for a thorough investigation." ”

Zhou Yanzhao's expression suddenly became cold, and he stared at Wei Qiao and said, "Wei Qiao, what else do you have to say?" ”

Wei Qiao touched his nose and said a little stupidly: "The minister has nothing to say." ”

Zhou Yanzhao seemed to be angry, slapped the table, and his face turned pale: "Okay, good, since you have nothing to say, come and drag Wei Qiao out of the ......"

Cui Chen and Chang Zhi immediately looked ecstatic, and couldn't help but look at each other, their faces full of excitement.

And Yan Yi, Ling Tang and the others also showed smug expressions on their faces, staring at Wei Qiao and sneering.

But Niu Yilang's face changed, his lips squirmed and he wanted to speak, but he couldn't find a reason to get away with it for a while, and kept giving Wei Qiao a look.

Ye Fatzi and the others also changed their faces greatly, their eyes widened, and they looked at Wei Qiao incredulously.

So throwing in the towel?

And the other courtiers also looked at Wei Qiao, with sympathy, pity, sneer, and ridicule in their eyes, and even the occasional sigh could be heard.

"Your Majesty, the young secretary of Dali Temple outside the palace asks to see you." Before Zhou Yanzhao finished speaking, a guard suddenly ran out of the door, knelt on one knee and said loudly.

Zhou Yanzhao frowned, and said coldly with a cold look in his eyes: "Biography!" ”

"Yes!"

As soon as the guard walked out, another guard ran in, knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the young Yin of Jinling Mansion asks to see you." ”

Zhou Yanzhao's eyes flashed with doubt, and he said, "Pass!" ”

"Yes!"

As soon as the guard went out, to everyone's surprise, a guard jumped in, knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the member of the criminal department asks to see you!" ”

(To be continued)