Chapter 0104 The Emperor Makes Biao

Wang Jinglong was shocked and angry, he only said that he was handsome and elegant, his character was liu, and his family status was much higher than that of a military general. A bewitching and picturesque beauty like Yutangchun is a perfect match for herself as a talented and beautiful woman, but she didn't expect her to confess in public anyway.

Wang Jinglong pointed at Yutang Chun hatefully and said angrily: "You cheap girl, this son is kind enough to save you, you actually slander me, I am the son of the Shangshu family of the dignified Ministry of Rites, how could I do such a thing?" Did you hurt me by saying that you confessed? ”

Wang Jinglong took out the letter of appointment he had asked for from a weighing of gold from his sleeve, and sneered: "Is there anyone in this world who spent 10,000 taels of silver to buy a woman to go back to be a maidservant?" If Yang Ling didn't touch you, who would believe it? ”

Everyone looked at this charming beauty, and they all thought it was true: Unless this Lord Yang suddenly suffered from a dark disease, how could he spend 10,000 taels of silver to buy such a delicate little beauty to go back to be a servant. ”

Emperor Zhengde listened to it behind the hall but was extremely moved, if it weren't for the water seepage case of the emperor's tomb, it was like a thorn in his heart, and he would have immediately issued an order to pardon Yang Ling. This is a loyal courtier! Do things for me, bear the stigma for me, and don't reveal the truth when you want to be beheaded, such a person is not a loyal minister, who is a loyal minister?

Xu Guan hurriedly came to Zhengde's side and said: "The emperor doesn't believe that woman's nonsense, the emperor thinks, even if Lord Shangshu and the third prince want to make up charges for Yang Ling and buy this servant to frame him, how can they say anything to a maid who has just been bought?" ”

Such words are almost rebellious, even if Wang Qiong is really ambitious, she will not mention it to anyone, let alone let Yu Tangchun know. So not only Xu Guan and Hong Zhong didn't believe it, but even Liu Jian, Xie Qian and others didn't believe it. These people have been in the officialdom for many years, how can women like Han Youniang and Yutangchun hide their scheming?

But these few did not believe, and some of them believed. Emperor Zhengde is the mastermind behind this matter, Fang Cai Yutangchun planted Yang Ling under the instruction of Wang Jinglong, there are too many untruths in Yang Ling's words, Zhengde listened to these 'crimes' that turned black and white upside down, where would he believe Xu Guan's words again?

Emperor Zhengde glanced at Xu Guan and Wang Qiong, and only let out a disdainful sneer from his nose, and he didn't even answer the words. At this moment, there was a commotion outside, and Guo Weitong, a member of the Criminal Department, hurriedly came in and said: "My lords, I have been ordered to send Zhu Gang, the Duke of Chengguo, Wang Shouren, the head of the Military Department, and Yan Song, the Jishi of the Hanlin Academy, have taken samples of Jinjing soil and arrived in the lobby of the Criminal Department."

Zhengde came secretly in civilian clothes and has not yet disclosed his identity, this outsider only said that two scholars and several scholars have the highest positions here, Liu Jian waved his hand and said: "I know, go down", when the principal retreated, he turned to look at Zhengde and said: "Your Majesty, look."

As soon as he heard that Jinjing had arrived, Zhengde's emotions calmed down, after all, he said a thousand ways and ten thousand, this matter is the fundamental, he glanced at Dali Siqing and Zuo Du's imperial envoy, and said: "This case will be put aside first, and it will be tried by the three divisions of the hall immediately."

Wang Qiong was alluded to by someone who was spiping on power, but he couldn't defend himself, he was secretly angry, when he heard that Qin was back, he was very happy, as long as this big case was confirmed, who would care about Yutangchun's nonsense?

He immediately happily said to Zhengde: "Your Majesty, the minister has issued a strict order, and no one can touch the gold box unless he is Weichen himself, so the minister must immediately return to the Ministry of Rites and take the sealed Jinjing soil sample."

Zhengde now looks at how Wang Qiong is not pleasing to the eye, and always feels that this father and son are not authentic, so he just snorted coldly and said: "Scholar Xie, you accompany Wang Qiong to the Ministry of Rites to retrieve the golden box hidden soil, go and return quickly."

Xie Qian accompanied Wang Qiong to leave in a hurry, and in front of him, Hong Zhong ordered someone to take a group of criminals, witnesses, and informants down to the hall, and personally welcomed the three messengers into the hall. Wang Shouren held the gold box in his hand and followed behind Cheng Guogong, and Li Jie, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, also followed back to Jingshi and followed him every step of the way.

Accompanied by Hong Zhong, the three messengers went to the back hall to meet the emperor, and the officials of the Criminal Department knew that the brocade-robed young man in the back hall was today. The emperor's personal trial, rare throughout the ages, these officials were trembling, lest they lose their etiquette, and they didn't expect to have a mess.

Wang Qiong took the gold box back, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, the Imperial Envoy of Zuodu, and the Dali Siqing sat on the presiding judge, and Hong Shangshu shouted: "Bring people to commit crimes!" The secretary who was frightened by the emperor's presence did not dare to slack off when he heard this, and Hulala put the seven gentlemen, a group of beauties, and the four prisoners of Yang Ling and Li Duo and the person Lu Shichang up.

Hong Shangshu was dizzy when he saw it, now that he is trying the water seepage case of the emperor's tomb, what is the matter with taking irrelevant people to court? Hong Zhong endured his anger and said: "Bring the irrelevant criminals down first, and now the official and the Inspectorate and Dali Temple will try the case of water seepage in the imperial tomb."

Gao Wenxin saw a military attache standing under the silent sign on the left side of the lobby, and the military attaché was dressed as the chief of the army, and suddenly realized that he was the junior officer in the army who denounced Lord Yang, Gao Wenxin hurriedly approached Han Youniang and whispered: "Sister, that military attache is the chief who denounced the adult, and I want to approach him, I have a way to tell him to be a witness!" ”

Han Youniang heard that the military attache was the villain who almost killed Xianggong's head, and stared at him with a pair of pretty eyes that almost burst into flames, but the witnesses, prisoners, and informants in this hall were bustling, and they were squeezed to the far right, how could they approach him quietly?

Han Youniang was anxious, Xue Limei heard that the opportunity was fleeting, so she hurriedly attached to Han Youniang's ear and said, "Sister, Sapo!" As he spoke, he pounced on the chief and cried, "You thief, why did you frame my family? ”

Han Youniang suddenly woke up and immediately grabbed it. Lu Enlu was caught off guard, embarrassed by their pulling, but he was a man, and he was not good at punching and kicking, so he had to cover his head and face with his hands and dodge around.

Seeing that people's attention was diverted by Han Youniang and Xue Limei, Gao Wenxin quickly pulled out three silver needles as thin as green silk from his hair and put them in his sleeve, and hurriedly ran over to persuade him: "Madam, don't annoy your lords, let's go down to the court."

Xue Limei and Han Youniang danced with a pair of big sleeves, just like an ordinary woman fighting, the slender ten fingers were either patting or scratching, and others couldn't see Lu Shichang's head clearly, Gao Wenxin took this opportunity to take out three silver needles with his backhand, and stabbed a few needles in several acupoints in the back of Lu Shichang's head with great speed.

The silver needles as thin as green silk pierced the acupoints, and even the tingling and itching sensation was minimal, and Lu Shichang was slapped by Han Youniang and the two of them, and he didn't feel any difference.

Gao Wenxin's medical skills are superb, and she is only used to treat diseases and save people in her life, but it is the first time she has harmed people, and she is also nervous in her heart, but fortunately, although she is panicked, her kung fu of recognizing acupoints and stabbing points is not affected at all. Her silver needle is as thin as silk, destroying the meridians and acupoints on the top of her head, and there will be no abnormalities for the time being, but the meridians are blocked and blood flow is stagnant, and it only takes three teas to do so, and the person's five senses will be damaged, auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, and delirium.

Gao Wen got his hands on it, and hurriedly glanced at Han Youniang and Xue Limei, and the two of them understood, and were escorted down by the magistrate and a group of officials under the pretense of crying and scolding.

Sitting on the side, Chengguo Gong sat on the chair with his sleeves folded and smiled and watched the excitement, seeing the three women and Wang Jinglong being escorted down to the court, he turned his gaze back to Hong Zhong's face, and said in a loud voice: "Lord Hong, please open the court to ask about the case, the old man has accepted the emperor's will, and the other two Qincha have taken Jinjing soil samples from the imperial mausoleum, please Shangshu to verify in the court, and the old man can also report to the emperor!" ”

Hong Zhong owed a debt and said with a smile: "What the old man said is that the official will open the court to ask the case!" He sat back in his chair and smiled coldly at Dai Yi and Yang Ling: "In order to seek a personal interest and conceal the water seepage of the emperor's tomb, after being reported, this official will be interrogated by the three divisions of the Imperial Envoy Zhai and Dali Temple, and the deputy of Qintian Prison Ni Qian has already confessed in fear of the law, but Er and others are lucky, and there is a criminal official Yang's wife Han Shi on the court to complain."

Emperor Zhengde in the back hall heard the three words of Qintianjian, and suddenly remembered that when the officials who had just been coaxing greeted him, it seemed that Qintianjian was also here, and Emperor Zhengde turned his eyes and looked around, and saw that Qintianjian was moundy and shrunk behind a group of Shangshu, Zhengde hurriedly pointed to him: "You, come here, what are you doing here?" ”

Seeing that Emperor Zhengde had called him, Mo Daowei, the supervisor, hurriedly rushed forward and knelt down, and said: "The emperor ordered Weichen to measure the lightning strikes and kiss the spine beast, what is the decree of heaven, Weichen has calculated and now has the result."

Mo Daowei just said this, Hong Shangshu in the hall has already said loudly: "Human life is a matter of heaven, the emperor is benevolent, so he ordered three ministers to go to the emperor's tomb to take soil, and now it is compared with the Ministry of Rites to seal the soil sample, if the soil sample is wrong, you will add another class to the crime of bullying the king, and according to the law, Ling Chi should be executed!" Come on, please go to the gold box! ”

Emperor Zhengde heard that he was going to inspect the soil of Jinjing and said nervously: "Silence! As he spoke, he got up from his chair and nervously walked to the wall at the back of the hall to listen.

The Qintian prisoner opened his mouth, and when he saw that the emperor had run to the wall to listen, he had to keep silent. But the emperor did not call him up, and he did not dare to move, so he had to kneel there and listen.

With Hong Zhong's order, the left and right sides of the Inspectorate each walked up to the hall with a gold box in their hands, and Ni Qian, Dai Yi and others couldn't help but tremble when they saw the gold box. At the beginning, they were eager to find reasons to live for a while and a half, but at this time, they thought of the terrible consequences of retracting their confessions and shouting grievances, and when the original verdict was verified, they couldn't help but look like ashes.

Hong Shangshu, the Imperial Envoy of the Inspectorate Zuodu, and the Dali Siqing stood up, bowed three times to the two golden boxes, and the Imperial Envoy of the Zuodu opened the seal and opened the golden box sealed in the Ministry of Rites. Dali Siqing also opened the gold boxes brought back by the three Qincha from Tailing, and pushed the two gold boxes in front of Hong Shangshu.

For a while, there was silence in the hall, and a needle falling on the ground seemed to be audible. Hong Zhong saw that Ni Qian and the others were as earth-colored as faces, and couldn't help but smile slightly, he was deliberately teasing, and was not in a hurry to take the soil, first picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, and then put it down slowly, then stretched out his hands, took out a handful of soil from each of the two gold boxes, and held it in his hand to look at it carefully.

Dai Yi, Ni Qian and the others stared at his face tightly, looking extremely frightened. But after a while, I saw Hong Shangshu's eyes getting bigger and bigger, his face gradually turned pale, the smile condensed on his face, and his eyes showed a look of disbelief and surprise.

Hong Shangshu was stunned for a long time before he said silently: "This Jinjing soil, this" Cheng Guogong suddenly stretched out a hand to his ear, and shouted loudly: "Hong Shangshu, how is this soil sample?" ”

Hong Zhong's arm shook, and the loess sprinkled on the table along his open fingers, and his legs were weak, and he sat back on the chair. The imperial envoy of Zuodu and the secretary of Dali Temple were lower in rank than him, and they were waiting for him to announce, but when he saw him sitting on the chair like a demented child, the imperial envoy of Zuodu had to cough and said: "Returning to Chengguo, this Jinjing soil is no different."

As soon as he said this, Hong Zhong suddenly came back to his senses and stood up in a daze, grabbed the startled wood and "snapped", which frightened the imperial envoy of Zuodu, and immediately swallowed back the second half of the words, only to see Hong Zhong wave his hand and point at Lu Shichang, and said angrily: "Bold Lu Enlu, didn't you say that the water seepage in Jinjing was what you saw with your own eyes?" Do you know what a crime it is to frame a court official? ”

He waved his hand in a hurry, and the sleeve of his robe rolled up the teacup and fell to the ground, shattering it with a "snap".

That poor Lu Shichang, since Hong Shangshu spoke to the four prisoners, felt a burst of nausea, and the objects in front of him were already floating around, as if he was drunk. At this time, when he heard Hong Shangshu roar, he was anxious and just wanted to confess loudly, but as soon as his blood and qi surged, his mind suddenly felt top-heavy, and the sky was spinning, and he stumbled two steps and fell to the ground solidly.

After this fall, his mind was completely confused, his cheeks were scratched on the ground by the fragments of the teacup, blood flowed all over his cheeks, he didn't feel pain, his lips touched the tea on the green bricks, he actually got up excitedly, and his hands were in vain to hold the water marks on the bricks, and said happily: "My lord, I didn't lie, I didn't lie, you see, you see, there is a lot of water, everywhere hahaha I'm going to be promoted, I'm going to get rich, Lord Li, I've found water, I've found evidence, what about the emperor?" Didn't you say that the emperor wanted to promote me to an official? ”

Seeing this, Hong Zhong suddenly fell back into the chair: It's all over now, he is not crazy sooner or later, but he is frightened crazy at this time, who would believe that he is crazy now? The dignified criminal department is still the book, listening to the rumors of a madman, and beating four important ministers of the court into tricks, this

Lu Shichang hugged Dai Yi madly, treating him as Li Jie who was standing on the side, but he kept begging for money, and he suddenly fantasized in his mind that after being promoted to an official and making a fortune, he would marry a few beauties like those beauties, he hugged the old eunuch, and smirked with his relatives: "Little lady, don't follow Yang Ling, he was beheaded by the emperor, the emperor promoted my official, you will be my daughter-in-law."

Dai Yi was gnawed on his face, couldn't help but slam him away, straightened up and looked at Li Jie and laughed, looking very proud, although he didn't know who did what, but he already knew that the danger of testing the soil had been passed safely, and the arrogant momentum of the former celebrant supervisor suddenly returned to his body.

Li Jie's face was covered with sweat, and his face was like the earth: "How is it possible?" How is this possible? ”

Lu Shichang was pushed away by Dai Yi, and still muttered to himself: "The little lady is so rude, don't you believe that the emperor will be promoted to my official?" Emperor? Your Majesty, you tell the little lady, did you promote me to be a big official, hehehehe."

Emperor Zhengde was already angry in the back: a group of courtiers actually took the words of a madman seriously, causing me to slaughter loyal ministers, move the emperor's tomb, stir up the opposition of the courtiers, and make the people uneasy, and these mediocre charges were all arranged on my body."

Emperor Zhengde was furious, he jumped off the chair and just grabbed two steps, when he saw that the Qintian Prison Supervisor was still kneeling in front of him, Zhengde couldn't help but say angrily: "What are you still kneeling here for?" What's important? ”

Mo Daowei racked his brains to come up with a wonderful hexagram, which is similar to the fortune-telling sentence 'Taoyuan Three Knots, Lonely Branch', and his eight-character comment is: "Lightning strikes the court, it should be in Tailing". At this time, the facts of the case were clear, and Mo Shenstick improvised and immediately played: "Your Majesty, the ministers peeped into the sky at night, and deduced the sixteen-character exposé: 'Lightning strikes the palace, should be in Tailing, unprovoked work stoppage, and the heavenly phenomena are born'"

Emperor Zhengde's face turned pale when he heard this, he gritted his teeth and smiled, and flew straight to the front hall, and a group of officials hurriedly followed when they saw this.

Emperor Zhengde ascended to the hall with a blue face, and ignored the three presiding judges who hurriedly rushed down and knelt down to greet him, he grabbed the main seat, grabbed the shocking wood and slapped it randomly, and shouted sharply: "Escort him down, help him up, bring them up, you get out of here!" ”

The ministers below didn't know who the emperor was talking about, and there was a mess in the hall.

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