Chapter 798: The Meaning of the Drunkard
"Lord Dudu, the miscellaneous family has checked the records of the pro-army and the inner court, and the fifth town of the first month of August did not enter the palace." The emaciated eunuch saw that everyone in the court looked at him with shocked expressions, and did not know what was happening, so he said it again in a sharp voice.
A smile appeared on the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, he had been busy here for most of the day, and finally waited for the critical moment to turn defeat into victory.
"Oops!" At this time, the sturdy guard military attache hurriedly came to the door of the lobby, and when he saw the emaciated eunuch and the pro-army hundred households holding an account book in each hand, his face changed suddenly, and it seemed that he was a step late.
"Are you mistaken, the fifth day of the Zhenguo Gong is in Wenyuan Pavilion!" Wei Xin was the first to recover from his shock, and he didn't know why he had an ominous premonition in his heart, so he hurriedly asked the emaciated eunuch in a deep voice.
"Commander Wei, the miscellaneous family has carefully checked, and there is no record of Zhenguo Gong entering the palace on the fifth day of the first month." The emaciated eunuch knew Wei Xin, bowed to him slightly, and replied quietly.
"This ...... How is this possible? Wei Xin knew that it was impossible for a thin eunuch to lie in front of him, and he couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help muttering to himself, he knew that Li Yuntian would never make such a low-level mistake, there must be something wrong.
At this moment, Wei Xin was already in chaos, because Li Yuntian's entry and exit records could not be mistaken, otherwise it would bring unimaginable consequences, after all, with Li Yuntian's city government being able to seize any flaws to fight back, after experiencing a series of previous events, he was already extremely jealous of Li Yuntian in his heart.
"Could it be missed?" In a panic, Wei Xin remembered something, and hurriedly asked the emaciated eunuch, how much he hoped that it was a business trip now.
"Wei commanded the envoys, the records of entering and leaving the palace were recorded by the pro-army and the inner court separately every day, compared when the shift was handed over, and the comparison was filed after being correct, and there has never been a business trip since the founding of the Ming Dynasty." The emaciated eunuch shook his head when he heard this, and explained solemnly that because he was not clear about the process of the trial, he felt very strange in his heart that Wei Xin was entangled in whether Li Yuntian would enter the palace on the fifth day of the eighth month.
With a bang, there was a commotion in the lobby, Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu, Jian Yi and others were discussing in surprise, looking at Li Yuntian while talking, wondering what was going on.
"Governor Chen, maybe my father misremembered the time to enter the palace because he was busy with official business, I'm really sorry." Under the surprised gaze of everyone, Li Yuntian stretched out his hand and patted his forehead, and then pretended to be helpless and said to Chen Tai.
"Zhen Guogong, in that case, do you remember where you were on the night of the sixth day of the new year?" Chen Tai was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but he didn't expect Li Yuntian to use a light reason to perfunctory the fact that he was not in the palace ban record, he didn't think that Li Yuntian would remember the time wrongly, there must be something hidden in this, so he asked quietly.
"To be honest, I really can't remember where I was on the night of the sixth day of the first lunar month, maybe it was in the martial arts hall, it could be in the Zhenguo Mansion, or it could be in the Xiaowu army camp outside the city." Li Yuntian pretended to think about it, then looked at Chen Tai solemnly and replied, saying word by word, "Or, that night in Wenyuan Pavilion!" ”
Wen ...... Wenyuan Pavilion! Hearing this, everyone at the scene was taken aback, and their faces showed shocked looks, if Li Yuntian was in Wenyuan Pavilion on the night of the sixth day of the first month, then wouldn't it show that Yang Fu was lying.
"The big picture is decided!" Yang Pu's eyes flashed with a bright light, and he said something secretly in his heart, then put down the teacup in his hand and silently waited for the development of the situation.
"Since Zhenguo Gong is not in the palace on the fifth day of the eighth month, then there is no need to check the bottom file of the palace ban, you should retreat first." Wei Xin came back to his senses at this time, and after hearing the three words "Wenyuan Pavilion", his face became extremely ugly in an instant, and the thing he was most worried about inevitably happened, and then waved his hand at the emaciated eunuch and the pro-army hundred, and said expressionlessly.
Obviously, Wei Xin believed that Li Yuntian would not remember the wrong date of entering the palace, and now he mentioned "Wenyuan Pavilion", which means that Li Yuntian will be in Wenyuan Pavilion on the night of the sixth day of the eighth month, which is definitely not the result that Wei Xin wants to see, and he must find a way to stop it.
"Lord Wei, this duke can't remember where the sixth junior high has gone now, maybe he is in the palace, and now the bottom file of the palace ban is here, it is better to take this opportunity to check whether the sixth junior prince is in the palace." However, how could Li Yuntian let Wei Xin get his wish, and said in a deep voice after hearing this.
"Zhenguo Gong, you may have forgotten, the seventh day of the eighth month is the day of the Great Dynasty, how can you stay in the palace on the night of the sixth day of the first month?" Wei Xin squeezed out a reluctant smile on his face, and opened his mouth to explain to Li Yuntian, trying his best to stop this matter.
"Lord Wei, the case of the musket in the Bafang Warehouse is a major crime of rebellion, is it inappropriate for Lord Wei to make such assumptions about the whereabouts of the sixth day of the first month of the first month?" Li Yuntian groaned for a moment when he heard this, looked at Wei Xin meaningfully and said.
"Zhenguo Gong misunderstood, this official just thinks that it is impossible for Zhen Guogong to stay in the palace in front of the court." When Wei Xin saw Li Yuntian using the arquebus case to press him, a look of embarrassment suddenly appeared on his face, and he hurriedly explained with a smile that he didn't want to be an accomplice in the rebellion.
"Governor Chen, what do you think?" Li Yuntian saw that Wei Xin was showing weakness, so he looked at Chen Tai and asked quietly, since Chen Tai was the chief judge, it was up to Chen Tai what to do next.
Chen Tai felt very embarrassed at this time, he knew that Emperor Xuande wanted to let Li Yuntian get into the quagmire of the arquebus case, but now in the face of the civil and military officials in the court, he could not ignore Li Yuntian's reasonable request, otherwise how to gain a foothold in the court in the future, and he would definitely be opposed by these magnates in the court, no one would have thought that these officials who originally wanted to witness Li Yuntian's crimes at the scene became Li Yuntian's talisman at this time.
"The case of the Bafang Warehouse Musket is a serious case, and in order to find out the case, the governor will not let go of any clues and evidence." Therefore, Chen Tai pondered for a while and then said to the emaciated eunuch, "Check whether the prince of Zhenguo has entered the palace on the sixth day of the eighth month and when will he leave?" ”
Wei Xin's face suddenly became extremely ugly when he heard this, and beads of sweat couldn't help but ooze from his forehead, he was already sure that Li Yuntian must be in Wenyuan Pavilion on the sixth night of the first month, otherwise Li Yuntian would definitely not go around such a big circle to transfer the records of entering and leaving the palace.
Although Wei Xin wanted to stop the scene in front of him, he was powerless, and he couldn't use force to force the emaciated eunuch and the others to leave in front of everyone's eyes.
"Miscellaneous family will check." The emaciated eunuch had already realized from the strange situation at the scene that the entry and exit of the palace in his hand seemed to be related to this court trial, so he solemnly bowed to Chen Tai and carefully checked the records of the sixth day of the eighth month with the pro-army hundred households.
The scene was silent, and everyone looked at the emaciated eunuchs and pro-army hundred households who were looking through the account books in their hands with stern expressions, and everyone had already understood at this time that the reason why Li Yuntian tossed those "anti-letters" so much was just a disguise, and the real purpose was the entry and exit ban records on the sixth day of the eighth month.
"Lord Yudu, the miscellaneous family has been checked, and the prince of Zhenguo entered the palace at the beginning of the sixth day of August, and left at the beginning of the seventh hour of the eighth month." Finally, under the concerned gaze of everyone, the emaciated eunuch communicated with the pro-army hundred, and then said to Chen Tai in a scream.
With a bang, a commotion suddenly broke out in the hall, and the cabinet elders, military cabinet members, governors of the five military capitals, and officials of the six departments could no longer hold back the shock in their hearts, and they all started to discuss, and many people shook their heads helplessly.
If you want to use two words to describe the current court trial, I am afraid that "farce" is the most appropriate, everyone knew that Li Yuntian had been wronged, but who would have thought that Li Yuntian would prove his innocence and win a hearty victory.
Wei Xin looked at the civil and military officials who were talking about it with a bloodless face, his mind was buzzing, blank, no matter what, he couldn't imagine that Li Yuntian would fight back and find such a good way out, which made him extremely frustrated.
Obviously, once Li Yuntian is in Wenyuan Pavilion on the sixth day of the eighth month, then he will definitely not go to the south of the city to see Yang Fu again, and the document in Yang Fu's hand is not written by Li Yuntian, and those "anti-letters" and Yang Fu's documents are from the same person, so naturally it is impossible for Li Yuntian to write them.
In other words, Li Yuntian has completely gotten rid of the suspicion of privately possessing the arquebuses in the Bafang Warehouse through this court trial, and it is impossible for Wei Xin to forcibly frame the charges to Li Yuntian in front of the civil and military officials at the scene.
The sturdy guard military attache standing at the door frowned when he saw this, and then walked away quickly with a cold expression, going to tell Fang Liang the bad news.
"Could someone have forged this palace ban file?" However, Wei Xin did not give up, he quickly came back to his senses after experiencing the initial panic, and after thinking about it, he hurriedly asked the emaciated eunuch, and began to question the authenticity of the bottom files of the entry and exit palace ban records, and only after the two bottom files were proved to be false could he frame the charge of rebellion on Li Yuntian.
"Commander Wei, these two back files are kept separately, stored in the treasury of the pro-army and the inner court respectively, and they have the signature and seal of the recorder on them, which is difficult to forge." The emaciated eunuch hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and replied cautiously, he had realized the severity of the form, so he didn't want to cause trouble for himself, and he didn't say anything to death.
In fact, in the eyes of the emaciated eunuchs, it is impossible to falsify the two bottom files stored in the imperial city pro-army treasury and the palace treasury of the palace city at the same time, not only because these two bottom files are kept very closely, but more importantly, there will also be records of other behaviors involved in Li Yuntian's attack in the palace.
For example, the records of Li Yuntian being summoned for questioning by Emperor Xuande after entering the palace, the records of Li Yuntian's meals in the palace, and the records of Li Yuntian's approval of some of the six parts submitted to the palace, etc., are complicated and complicated.
And if Li Yuntian can get these series of records done, then it will be a very terrible thing, which means that Li Yuntian has completely controlled the situation in the palace, but how is this possible? If that's the case, there's no need for him to hide any arquebuses, and if he has bad intentions, he can just bring people into the Forbidden City!